Latest Education Policy Headlines

For the first time in two decades universities in New Zealand will receive no real
increase in government funding, while $2.8 billion is being spent on the failed policy
to lift participation in tertiary education, National’s Tertiary Education Spokesperson ...More >>

Dr Liz Gordon, researcher and policy advocate, welcomes the government’s decision
not to abolish the decile funding system for schools. “I have campaigned from the
start against the abolition of decile-based funding, and it is great to see the expensive ...More >>

23 May 2018: On 20 February 2018, the Auditor-General received a request from Hon
Nikki Kaye to investigate the way the Government is managing its contract negotiations
with partnership schools and the possible transition of partnership schools to other ...More >>

The Government is expanding work done on replacing school deciles to look more broadly
at what’s needed to ensure all children, including learners from socio economically
disadvantaged backgrounds, get the support they need to learn.More >>

An annual survey of secondary school principals has found that schools right around
the country are experiencing significant teacher shortages, worse than last year’s
results and in some cases, worse than ever before.More >>

Govt breaks early childhood education promises The Government has broken its promises
for early childhood education (ECE) in its first Budget leaving parents and educators
to ask what priority it really places on early learning, National’s Early Childhood ...More >>

Term two means school cross country. Kids at almost every primary and intermediate
school around New Zealand are getting their running shoes on, but research conducted
by Sport NZ has found that one in four students aged 6 to 13 don’t enjoy it.More >>

Jane Patterson , Political Editor Power Play - This Budget will not set the world
on fire but Finance Minister Grant Robertson will be happy enough to have stuck to
his self-imposed fiscal rules.More >>

Highlights for Christchurch and Canterbury The Coalition Government has delivered
on its promise to make nearly $300 million available to accelerate the Canterbury
recovery: • $298.5 million of capital in 2018/19 for an acceleration fund, plus ...More >>